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The Earffel Tower started its life as the icon for Disney-MGM Studios, a park Michael Eisner ordered built to prempt the theme park Universal Studios was building just down the I-4 freeway, which is now known as Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Last night it met with the wrecking ball to make…

With the closure of the Magic of Disney Animation a major chapter in the history of Disney’s Hollywood Studios came to an end. The building that once housed Disney’s east coast animation studio will now become something else (rumored to be a preview center of the park’s pending makeover). This…

Via our Instagram: Lights, camera, action! This statue of a cameraman is really the forgotten icon of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The statue marks the spot where the park’s dedication plaque now resides. Many people overlook the second plaque in the area. The one dedicating the “Cameraman” statue itself. It features…

“The World you have entered was created by The Walt Disney Company and is dedicated to Hollywood–not a place on the map, but a state of mind that exists wherever people dream and wonder and imagine, a place where illusion and reality are fused by technological magic. We welcome you…

May 1 is the silver anniversary of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. With 25 years of history and decades of Hollywood icons to celebrate, you might expect a year long bash at the third gate to open at Walt Disney World. However, that’s not the way Disney does things anymore. Still we…

Here’s a little blast from the past; a video from 1989 that details the making of Disney-MGM Studios. The park, even with a new name, has lost touch with the original vision articulated in that video. We keep hearing rumors about how Disney’s Hollywood Studios is due for Cars Land,…

Before a film can enter production at Disney animation, it first has to be pitched. A small number of those films make it into pre-production, and then an even smaller number actually make it into full production. At that point, the film is most likely going to end up in…

This year’s holiday display at Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be just a little dimmer. The bright burning light that was the life of Jennings Osborne has burnt out. Osborne died at age 67 from complications related to a heart attack suffered last year. Everyone at The Disney Blog sends their…